FO Friday: Mother’s Day Shawl and other fun stuff

A few weeks ago, I shared a picture of a pineapple shawl I decided to design and make for my Mom seven days before Mother’s Day.  (Cue up the “What were you thinking??” comments from the peanut gallery.)

This is how it looked on May 8 (4 days before Mother’s Day).

I wasn’t sure if I would finish it on time, and I didn’t even know if my mom would like the bright color.  The Saturday before Mother’s Day, I went out to my mom’s and had a secret late night consult with my sister, who assured me it would look great on my mom.  (I had previously been informed by a co-worker who is my mom’s age and has met my mom a few times that it would be loved because “chartreuse is the new black.”)

So, I powered through and was able to finish the shawl a few minutes after midnight, just in time for Mother’s Day.

Here’s a secret picture I took of the shawl in the morning on my Mom’s couch before giving it to her.

Here’s the stitch detail.

I’m happy to say that my mom loved the shawl!  Even though it was pretty hot out that day, she found a way to wear it with style.

I’m glad I went with my gut on this one, and thanks to everyone who encouraged me to keep going with the color.  This is definitely way better than whatever weird last minute gift I would have had to buy.

This project was my first time I’ve used a madelinetosh yarn (tosh merino light).  The color is really lovely and my mom didn’t believe it was wool because it was so soft.  On the other hand, there were a few spots with little felted bits of yarn that I had to cut out.  Also, there was a lot of twist that made it not always fun to work with, but that may be due to the way it was wound in the shop.  There are more pictures and notes on my Ravelry project page.

I also finished the sample of my Wide Ripple Scarf pattern in Periwinkle last week.

My tall friend was kind enough to pose for this finished object picture.

This is a sample for a pattern booklet that will be published by F+W Media and distributed at Joann Fabric and Craft Stores.  I used Bamboo Ewe in Periwinkle.  My Rav project page is here.

And, I finished two small projects for myself which I shared on Sunday for my Year of Projects update.  But just in case you missed the pictures, I’ll share them again.

This is a small trivet made with embroidery floss using the “painted crochet” technique of changing colors.

This project definitely encouraged me to use up more embroidery floss for crochet.

This is a coaster/trivet made using hairpin lace.

Since this round of the Year of Projects ends on June 30, I have quite a few more techniques from Crochet Master Class that I’m trying to learn and work on before then.

My Ravelry project page for the painted crochet trivet is here and you can find the page for the hairpin lace coaster/trivet here.

For more finished objects, visit Tami’s Amis.

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